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agardement (1113-19)
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agardement (1113-19)

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esgardement,  esguardement  
  FEW:  *wardôn 17,513a Gdf:  agardement 1,157c / esgardement 3,463c GdfC: ∅ TL: esgardement 3,1061 DEAF:  garder (agardement) G209 DMF:  égardement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1(action of) looking: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (sheep’s horns) Sign[e]fient itant Que arere et avant Nostre Sire esgardat […] E en l’esgardement […] Tut vit quanc que il freit  Comput ANTS 1513
2sight, presence: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Esdrece tei, Sire, ne seit confortet li huem; Seient jugees les genz el tuen esguardement  Oxf Ps ANTS 46.9.20
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E dist qu’il deperdreit els, si Moyses li suens esliz n’estoust en fragnement en l’esguardement de lui  Oxf Ps ANTS 107.105.22
3 view, opinion: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En sun esgardement Se despira forment  Sibile 685
4judgement: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Pernez tut a pleisir mun or e mun argent E des nefs […] al vostre esgardement (var. (H: s.xiiim) agardement)  Horn 3907
♦law award, judgement by a court: 
( 1330 )  la ditte A. feust arestu […] sanz agardementz et causes […] fait devers lui  Rot Parl1 ii 58
5warning: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Pus l’ad fet […] pendre as querefu[r]s que seit esgardement  Horn (O) 5204
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